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Vote for Our Health Heroes finalists 2023

Shortlists for this year's Our Health Heroes awards have been announced with voting now open for the public to decide on the winners.

3 April 2023

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Voting has opened today (Monday 3 April) to decide the winners of the 2023 Our Health Heroes Awards.

Our Health Heroes recognises the extraordinary people at the heart of our NHS and social care workforce and is delivered by Skills for Health in partnership with NHS Employers, Unison, NHS England and National Health Executive.

Twelve finalists have been shortlisted across four categories celebrating the sector’s unsung heroes.

Votes are welcome from across the healthcare community – including colleagues and service users – to decide who will be crowned gold, silver and bronze award winners at a ceremony held in London on Wednesday 7 June 2023.

The finalists

  • Toni Starr, neonatal sister, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    Salli Jeynes, chief executive, The End of Life Partnership

    Sandra Hands, cluster manager for the Lancashire and Cumbria Prisons, Spectrum Community Health CIC

  • Rochelle Sampson-Clarke, estates project officer, Solent NHS Trust

    Hailei Petersen, apprentice nurse, Devon Partnership NHS Trust

    Joe Maslen, radiotherapy assistant practitioner, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Katie Whittam, facilities and IT coordinator/trainer, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

    Mary McElroy, integrated care team admin support, Southern Health and Social Care Trust

    Laura Cavina, involvement volunteer coordinator, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

  • Edelle Brown, associate practitioner, City Health Care Partnership CIC

    Helen McGowan-Thomson, recruitment and education support assistant, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust

    Karen Read, breast cancer support worker, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Voting opens today (3 April) and closes at 11.59pm on Tuesday 2 May. To find out more about the finalists and to cast your vote visit the Skills for Health website.

You can also follow #OurHealthHeroes on Twitter for all the latest updates.

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